REVEREND INSANITY
Chapter 29: Not Persevering (1)

Chapter 29: Not Persevering (1)

"Put all the wine jars under the bed." Fang Yuan pointed and directed the four workers from the inn. In each person's hands was a jar of green bamboo wine. Right after Fang Yuan managed to blackmail his friends, he went to the inn and bought twenty jars at once.

Each jar was worth two pieces of ancient stone, and Fang Yuan was pumping forty ancient stones in favor of the Liquor worm.

The bulging bag of money not long ago expanded by half in an instant, leaving behind thirty-nine pieces of ancient stone. However it is worth the money – this wine will be able to support the Liquor worm for a long time.

"Alright," the workers immediately replied. They would not dare to show even the slightest disrespect to Master Gu. Plus the fact that Fang Yuan had bought so much wine, he could be said to be a big customer of the inn. Just by relaxing in front of the innkeeper, the workers could easily lay down their current activities and workloads.

After the innkeeper left, Fang Yuan closed the dormitory door and sat cross-legged on his bed.

It's already night. The stars and the moon in the sky were bright, and the night wind was flowing with a slight fragrance.

There was no light in the room. Fang Yuan calmed his mind, letting his focus slip into the ancient sea.

Ancient sea waves rose and fell, sea water gave off a green copper-colored light. Each drop of sea water was a green copper primordial essence that was specifically possessed by a rank one Master Gu. The primordial sea took 44%(2) of the entire opening; this was the limit of Fang Yuan's C-class talent.

The four walls of the openings are a thin layer of white light, which supports and encloses the openings. In the sky above the ancient sea there was nothing. The Autumn Spring Cricket had been hiding under Fang Yuan's command, recovering itself under a deep sleep.

Floating in the ancient sea was a cute and fat white Liquor worm. He ransacked the sea water to its full extent, sometimes diving into the sea, sometimes shaking his head and tail, splashing and splashing water droplets around him.

Fang Yuan sent a thought to his mind, and the Liquor worm immediately responded. It stopped playing and curled up into the shape of a rice dumpling, casually floating into the air. It rose to the center of the hole and came out of the green copper sea.

"Go." Fang Yuan exerted a tenth of his ancient essence, turning it into a narrow stream, inserting everything into the Liquor worm. Liquor worm had already been refined by him, so this time did not fight back. It took an entire jet of primordial essence and absorbed everything into his body.

Soon the sea level dropped with small pieces. The cowering Liquor worm turned the primordial essence into a driving force and began to emit a white light. Inside the soft light, the wine smog that enveloped was gradually produced, finally merging into a pale white wine mist.

The wine fog is incredible. It did not drift away, instead enveloping the Liquor worm.

"Rise." Fang Yuan thought, transferring another 10% of his ancient essence. The green copper sea water dived into the wine mist; as the wine mist melted into the sea water, the mist gradually diminished, and finally there were no traces left. As for 10% of that green copper primordial essence, it also lost its general volume and left 5%.

Yet 5% of this primordial essence was even more condensed than before. The original primeval essence was jade green, giving off a copper luster. Currently although this new primordial essence has the same copper luster, its green color is darker – it is pale green.

The pale green-colored primordial essence was an primordial essence that only intermediate-tier one-tier Gu Masters possessed. The use of the Liquor worm was to condense the primordial essence and upgrade it with a small realm rank!

A Master Gu has 9 great realms, from below – Rank one, Rank two, all the way to Rank nine. Each great realm is divided into four smaller realms, namely the early stage, the middle stage, the upper stage and the peak stage.

Fang Yuan was only a Rank one early stage Gu Master at the moment, but with the help of the Liquor worm, he possessed 5% of the essence of a rank one middle stage Gu Master!

“If I want to abbreviate 5% of the intermediate stage primordial essence, I need to use 20% of the early stage primordial essence. I want to turn all 44% of my primeval ocean into a mid-level primordial essence, so I need to use about 180% of the early-stage primordial essence. In order to reach this target as soon as possible, I need to borrow the help of ancient stones. ”

As he thought of this, Fang Yuan opened his eyes and took out a complete primordial stone the size of a duck egg from his bag. Ancient stone is a type of transparent gray stone elliptical shape. As the natural essence within it was consumed, its size would continue to shrink.

His right hand slowly closed, the ancient stone clenched tightly in his palm. He absorbed the natural primordial essence within the stone, continuously filling his own openings. The level of sea level that had fallen in its hole slowly began to rise.

Ancient stones were meant to be used. Fang Yuan was not stingy in the slightest, and he would not keep it.

“I have no one to support me, and I have no support from friends and family, so I can only rely on extortion and looting. Today is only the first time, but after this, every seven days when the academy provides school allowances, I will continue to block the academy gates. ”

How could robbing and blackmailing possibly satisfy Fang Yuan's appetite? In Master Gu's cultivation, ancient stones were the rarest thing. As for the consequences of his looting action, Fang Yuan was not the least bit worried.

This world is not the same as Earth.

On Earth, schools would always ban fights especially to stabilize the harmony. But in this world, fighting was the main theme.

No matter Master Gu or ordinary humans, they would struggle to survive. Sometimes it would be a fight with a terrifying ferocious beast. Sometimes it would be a battle against the raging weather, and at other times if it could be a fight against the other Master Gu over resources.

From young to old, from simple brawls to life-and-death decisive battles, this is the portrayal of most of human life here.

The surface of this world is limitless. Just the Southern Border alone where Fang Yuan lived right now, it was larger than seven to eight times the entire surface of the Earth itself. The living environment here was hostile and cruel, so humans often built mountain villages in the form of clans, hiding together.

Occasionally there would be waves of wild beasts, or perhaps very bad weather attacking a village. Master Gu will be the core strength of the village protection, and every year the situation of attrition will become more serious.

Surviving requires a man with a strong fighting will. A clan needs a battle of Gu Masters, there is never too much. Moreover, Fang Yuan's attacks were within the proper limits.

He never attacked the lower jaw, as this would easily cause the skull to crack and lead to the loss of human life. He never hit the back of the head either. While fighting he did not use his fists or elbows, or even stab with his fingers, but he used his palms. The number of kicks he used could also be counted.

The students who fell were not seriously injured; at most they were lightly injured.

Fang Yuan wasn't bloodthirsty, he was just treating killing as a kind of way.

Every time he acted, he would have a clear purpose. Whatever kind of method he was, whatever would make him reach his goal the fastest, he would use it. In other words, he was immoral in doing things.

……

The clouds drifted, covering the moonlight. A shadow enveloped Gu Yue's village.

Guards banged on the clapper, encouraging people to know that it was late at night – Be careful of fires, be alert to animal attacks, as well as the possibility of foreign Master Gu sneaking into the village.

There are many lights in the village.

In the Chi family branch house, Gu Yue Chi Lian stayed in her study, the lights shining brightly. This high-ranking old man spoke in a gentle tone, expressing sympathy as he asked his own grandson Gu Yue Chi Cheng, "Heard you were beaten by Fang Yuan today?"

Gu Yue Chi Cheng had a black right eye, and he angrily said, “Ya, grandfather. That Fang Yuan was only a small C-class, yet he dared to act so arrogantly. He blocked all of us at the entrance, not caring about the friendly feelings of his classmates, and he robbed us of our ancient stone. Moreover, the academy only opened one eye and closed one eye to the incident. Just when Fang Yuan stepped away, the guards rushed over. Grandfather, this time you must help me expel this angry hatred of mine!”

Instead Gu Yue Chi Lian shook her head. “This is between you and your juniors. You are squeezed to lose a piece of ancient stone, and you do not suffer heavy injuries – Grandfather cannot act without a justifiable reason. Even if you were seriously injured, I'm not going to defend you, do you understand why?

Gu Yue Chi Cheng was stunned. He struggled to think, and after a while he hesitantly said, “Grandfather, I seem to understand what you mean. You wish I would rely on my own strength to find my way, right? ”

"You only understand one aspect." Gu Yue Chi Lian nodded her head and added, “You must remember, you are not just an individual representative, but you are an image on behalf of our Chi family branch. Over the years we have faced the Mo family branch, and each of your movements will represent the future wishes of the Chi family branch. Grandpa can help you in the shadows, but you have to stand up and build an independent and powerful image. Otherwise, the elders who support our family will not see any hope for our future, and they will leave the Chi.” family

As he said this, Gu Yue Chi Lian sighed. “This is also why grandfather helped you cheat and let you imitate a class B talent. Our Chi family needs a powerful successor to keep those who support us.”

Gu Yue Chi Cheng was then enlightened. "Grandfather, I understand now."

Gu Yue Chi Lian shook her head. “Just understanding won't do any good. You have to work hard. Fang Yuan is just a small matter; next you have to study hard and practice diligently on your basic martial arts and regain your dignity. At the same time do not forget to work hard in cultivating, promoting to the intermediate stage as soon as possible. The best you can do is win a class monitoring position, this will be a great honor and a kind of help for our Chi family. ”

“Alright, grandpa!” Gu Yue Chi Cheng replied loudly.

“Heh heh heh, this spirit is how should be the heir of our Chi branch. Grandson, you have to work hard, I'll do my best to help you.

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(1) Unscrupulous – Have or do not demonstrate moral principles; dishonest or fair. Unethical, immoral, shameless.

(2) 44% – Formerly known as 4 times 4 or 4 x 4.

T/N: That's final, if there's anything I'm clear about the aperture size measurement now. It's all%... This was confirmed by a Chinese reader. So if you remember all that '4 times 4', '5 times 6', '9 times 8' or 4 x 4/5 x 6/9 x 8. This is 44%, 56%, 98%.

Sorry for all the confusion regarding the measurement and size of this ancient sea opening!